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Child Levi to Child Erwin: "give up your lunch and cry."

meetup

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Was feeling bored with my licensure review, then I suddenly got hyped... 😆

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So, we were taking a walk this morning and I looked up and saw this...

The picture is a bit blurry, but as you can see, there are two birds--- one dark, one light.

Immediately, they somewhat reminded me of these two.

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An Underrated BL Masterpiece: Painter Behind The Curtain

So, I was getting bored with Painter of the Night recently, and decided to look for manhwas that are similar to it, or at least something that have the same vibe as Painter of the Night.

And boy, did I not expect to stumble upon this masterpiece.

Now, I didn’t really intend on finishing this manhwa entirely at first, I just wanted a good smut to read. I honestly was only in it for the sexy panels--- INSTEAD, I got lots of feels. It’s been a very long time since I’ve felt this so much feels after reading a BL. This manhwa had the right amount of smut, plot, and romance incorporated in it. And I am proud to say that this is the yaoi that made me stay for the PLOT.

And no, don’t worry because this is not going to be like one of those typical yaois/BLs where the seme constantly rapes their partner then gaslight them afterwards. Although I admit that the relationship of Ian and Raymond (the main couple) is not that perfect.  

Raymond (seme) was a bit red-flaggish on the first parts, because his character is meant to be manipulative, possessive, and vengeful. He is the type who uses other people for his personal gain. Throughout the story, we get to see him often engaging in intimate relationships with multiple women--- particularly those who belong to noble families. Despite Raymond’s status as a commoner, and his negative reputation as a loanshark, he is still able to make other women fall for him because of his charming looks and attitude. Ian on the other hand, is a young naive and meek lad who deeply falls for Raymond for the same reasons as how those women fell for him. Ian fell helplessly in love with him because of the kind treatment Raymond showed him, which is understandable considering that he had been constantly abused physically by his father and sexually by Bardi. Unbeknownst to the young painter, Raymond only took him in his home because he believed that Ian’s talents would ultimately benefit him and his goal in gaining power in order to retaliate against his enemy--- Rothsildt (a count). The start of their relationship is somewhat resonant with the Painter of the Night (young poor painter brought in to serve before a powerful figure) but later developed into a wholesome love story.

This is only among the yaois that are genuinely romantic. Raymond has the most impressive character development I’ve ever seen. He went from an opportunistic vengeful loan shark to a wholesome romantic lover. Although he was clouded by his motives, he had always been a gentleman from the start. Whenever he and Ian got intimate, he always asks the latter's consent and whether he takes pleasure in their love making. I also admire how straightforward he was with his feelings, such as when Nicholas (Ian’s apprentice) confronts him about his relationship with Ian, Raymond basically was like: “Yeah, you can call it whatever you want to call it (referring to his feelings), but this is how I feel for him. I don’t care whether you think it's genuine or not. I feel what I feel for him.” I truly admire how the author strayed from this repetitive yaoi cliche wherein either the uke or the seme questions their feelings for their love interest. It brings me so much joy that, considering the time period of the story, Raymond was never in denial of having those certain feelings for Ian. Despite that they were both males, Raymond was bold to admit that he is, in fact, in love with Ian. It was really refreshing to see a yaoi where the seme doesn't constantly try to mask his affection as a resort and be open with it.

That's all I can say about this manhwa. I never expected to binge it all at once. Underrated but gold and memorable.

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Banana Fish, but Mean Girls

When you and @ofamaranthlie come up with the an AU full of pettiness galore and also happy endings.

Yut-Lung (with Wu and other bodyguards):

Eiji about how much he loves Ash:

Ash (about Yut-Lung):

Shorter:

 Shorter (on Sing):

Sing (about Yut-Lung):

Sing (about Lao):

Lao:

alternatively, also Lao:

Wang-Lung:

Charlie:

Max:

Blanca:

Ibe:

Arthur:

Bones, Alex, Kong about Ash when he wakes up:

Cain, Jessica, and Nadia, who are over this shit:

Banana Fish:

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Little Dark Age edit- Raymond Aiden

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We'll meet again edit- Banana Fish

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Painter Behind The Curtain Vines

Just noticed how there are no Painter Behind The Curtain vines yet, so I created this...

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I don't know why but I'm so obsessed with this demon...

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I just finished reading Demon Slayer the other week, but I'm still not over it! I just wish there was more, I want to know what became of them right after Muzan's defeat. The author was such a tease, but great ending nonetheless, I was happy to see all the dead characters reincarnated.

But you know what I'm most happy of? Kiriya Ubuyashiki outliving everyone and is the oldest person alive in Japan.

For hundreds of years the Ubuyashikis' forefathers spent most of their lives trying to defeat demons, burdened with duties at such a young age. They never had a great childhood and because of the curse they had no choice but to fulfill what needed to be done as early as possible--- to act as adults and reproduce for an heir. Imagine the stress of being an Ubuyashiki, knowing you won't get to live long enough for your family and for the same burden to be passed down to your descendants. During the last remaining chapters on the final battle against Muzan, I couldn't help but feel a bit heartbroken for Kiriya and his younger sisters, his parents and older sisters just died and now the three of them had to shoulder the demon slayer corps. They didn't even have the time to mourn, everything just abruptly slipped in their hands and now they had to take it and make sure everything is going to plan. It was among those times I really wanted to jump inside the panel and just hug the characters. For a moment I had to stop and realize that he and his sisters were only eight years old or even younger, but they act nothing like how they're supposed to be because they were raised to be like that. They already had the mind of an average adult and it made me just think of all the measures their parents probably had to take to have them reach that level of maturity. There's no way they weren't already told of their family's curse, Kiriya must have been reminded multiple times of his inevitable fate. Imagine a child learning that one day he will slowly and painfully succumb to a curse all the while having to take up his duties as his father's heir. Yeah, they really deserve so much.

Though, we didn't get to really have a full view on Kiriya's life right after the battle, it made me so happy that the author slipped in a little detail about him by the end. I was happy that he get to live longer and normally after all those years his family and ancestors had to live in fear of demons and Muzan. At last his following descendants are free of the curse and they'll no longer have duties to shoulder. The forefathers must have been watching happily as Kiriya is living the life they never had.

This is really long, nah, I just love the Ubuyashikis so much, I really wished the mangaka provided a more detailed history of them.